On Oct 31, 2023, at 10:53?AM, Richard <rmille64@...> wrote:

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Dave,

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I post process my images without stars.? My post processing of stars is not so hot.? Once I learn how to “clean up” my not so round stars I will add them back in.

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Richard

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Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 1:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [ObsessionUsers] UC18 and DS287 of M17 with stars removed by Pixinsight

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Richard,

I’m curious as to why you remove the stars, personal aesthetic preference??

Dave

On Oct 31, 2023, at 10:02?AM, Richard <rmille64@...> wrote:

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This was taken in my front yard that I share with a streetlamp.

I used the Optolong LeNhance filter and lots of the Pixinsight tools to remove the stars, denoise, sharpen and then Gimp (I am still learning Pixinsight features, but know Gimp very well).

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